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saiy, an American Garden, an Herbaceous Garden, or even a 

 garden for bedding out plants, or annuals. It is intended to 

 be laid down on gravel, and edged with box or thrift. Such 

 a garden, planted with the choicest roses, would be exceed- 

 ingly beautiful ; or, if planted with Rhododendrons, Azaleas 

 and Kalmias, it would have a fine effect ; distributing and 

 grouping the Rhododendrons and Kalmias so as to form a 

 whole, when the Azaleas, which are deciduous, are not in leaf. 

 Such a garden would surpass anything in the whole range 

 of beautiful flowers and evergreen foliage, and convey some 

 idea of the magnificence of the American garden as forming 

 so important a feature of every English residence of the 

 higher class. 



If for a rosary, then each of the small circular scrolls may 

 be planted with a pillar rose, in preference to tree roses, which 

 in our severe climate do not give entire satisfaction, and are 

 apt to die ofl'; while pillar roses may be formed of any of 

 the hybrid China or Bourbon roses, which are rampant grow- 

 ers, in a very short time. The scolloped figure in the middle, 

 may be planted with different kinds of Prairie roses, trained 

 to a wire pyramid, with choice dwarf roses around the out- 

 side. The good taste of any intelligent amateur or gardener 

 will, however, suggest the way to produce the best effect. 



If for a miscellaneous garden, each of the same small fig- 

 ures may be planted with an Irish or Swedish juniper, which 

 occupy but little space, grow very erect, and are always ver- 

 dant, winter and summer. The central bed, which is large, 

 may have a Siberian arborvitae, — one of the finest of the 

 tribe, — in the centre, which will always grow compact and 

 beautiful. 



There are, indeed, so many ways in which such a garden 

 can be planted, that we do not offer any particulars, though 

 some of the plans, that we shall give hereafter, we shall accom- 

 pany with a full list of such plants as we think would have the 

 best effect. What we wish to do, in giving this design, is to 

 call into action the thinking powers of the young gardener, 

 that he may display his own taste, rather than imitate the 

 taste of others. 



